Odd annular Bar-Natan category and gl(1|1)

Abstract: We introduce two monoidal supercategories: the odd dotted Temperley-Lieb category

, which is a generalization of the odd Temperley-Lieb category studied by Brundan and Ellis, and the odd annular Bar-Natan category

m a t h c a l {B N}_{! o} (m a t h b b A)

, which generalizes the odd Bar-Natan category studied by Putyra. We then show there is an equivalence of categories between them if

d e l t a = 0

. We use this equivalence to better understand the action of the Lie superalgebra

m a t h f r a k g l (1 | 1)

on the odd Khovanov homology of a knot in a thickened annulus found by Grigsby and the second author.

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